Press releases 2009

DSM Nutritional Products announced data from two analyses of the first human study of resVida^® trans-resveratrol presented at the 4^th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health (ICPH) in Yorkshire, England, Dec. 7-10, 2009 and the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) and Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) Joint Annual Scientific Meeting in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Dec. 8-11, 2009.

DSM Nutritional Products has launched CaroCare Nat. β-Carotene 10% CWS Star, a state-of-the-art, high performance, natural-source β-Carotene formulation, for the colouration and fortification of food and beverages.

DSM Nutritional Products has launched a dedicated website for its Quali®-Blends¹ nutritional solutions. This sophisticated new online resource is designed to provide easy to use concept development and formulation assistance to customers looking to enhance the nutritional value of their products.

DSM Nutritional Products is unveiling a range of instant beverage premixes, formulated with a carefully selected blend of nutrients to deliver specific health benefits. These versatile ready-touse formulations use DSM’s Quali®1-Blends capabilities to deliver tailored health solutions.

DSM Nutritional Products announces that advances in manufacturing will allow the company to provide a better competitive position, effective January 2010 for resVida® brand of transresveratrol.

To further increase its leadership in the feed enzyme business, the DSM Nutritional Products and Novozymes Alliance has scheduled the launch of the new flagship product RONOZYME®
NP– an enhanced phytase designed to meet the demands of modern animal production systems.

DSM’s lactotripeptide blood pressure management ingredient, tensVida™, has received another accolade with a win at this year’s European Outsourcing Awards. Judges in the category of Outstanding Application in Nutraceuticals commended DSM’s strategy for developing and launching tensVida with a highly innovative approach.

DSM is pleased to announce the launch of SYN®-GLYCAN – a new peptide formula that can be used as a bioactive ingredient in cosmetic products to reduce the most visible signs of aging. This will be welcomed by the cosmetics industry, which has long been searching for ways to meet the increasingly higher expectations of consumers for effective anti-aging products.

DSM Nutritional Products is pleased to confirm that Hy•D^® is now officially authorized for use in pig feed in the European Union.

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces today that the DSM Nutrition Award 2009 for research on Human Nutrition has been granted jointly to Professor Michael F. Holick of Boston University, USA, and Professor Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in recognition of their seminal contributions to research on vitamin D and its role in human nutrition and health.

With many consumers looking to proactively maintain a healthy weight, the results of a recent study into DSM’s Fabuless will come as welcome news to manufacturers eager to meet the demand for effective weight management products. 

DSM, Fi Europe, 17 – 19 November 2009, Frankfurt Messe, Booth 8K22 / 8K26

In July 2009, DSM agreed to make Myprotein.co.uk the exclusive online retailer for the PeptoPro® brand protein peptide in the UK. Launched just five years ago, Myprotein.co.uk is now the leading manufacturer and online supplier of sports nutrition in the UK. 

A group of international companies today announced the formation of the Zeaxanthin Trade Association. Its primary goal is to increase global awareness and promote the use of Dietary Zeaxanthin.

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces today that DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent with Tatenergo JSC (Republic of Tatarstan) and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan for the construction of a micronutrient premix plant for animal nutrition in the Republic of Tatarstan and the establishment of a Joint Venture.

Swiss researcher Alexandra Teleki has won the first prize in the DSM Science & Technology Awards (South) 2009. An international judging committee, chaired by Dr Manfred Eggersdorfer, R&D Director at DSM Nutritional Products, selected Alexandra Teleki, who obtained her doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich (Switzerland), for her PhD research on the production and application of coated nanoparticles.

DSM Nutritional Products Ltd and Lonza Ltd announce today the early renewal and extension of their long-time collaboration in the production facilities in Visp and Lalden, Wallis, Switzerland. Lonza has for decades been a critical supplier for the services and raw materials for the Vitamins, Carotenoids, and aroma chemicals produced by DSM Nutritional Products.

The 2009 Frost & Sullivan award for Global Excellence in Quality in the infant nutrition market has been presented to DSM Nutritional Products. The award was conferred in recognition of DSM’s outstanding contribution in setting new safety standards for use in infant nutrition markets across the globe.

FIMA GANADERA 2009, the most important feed Exhibition in Spain, has recently presented DSM Nutritional Products with a “Technical Innovation” award for the development of iCheck® Eggs, a unique analytical system for fast quantitative determination of carotenoids in eggs.

Unanimous affirmation for Nutri-Rice® among GAIN Jury / Mauricio Adade receives price on behalf of DSM

A lot of the world is affected by rosacea. People of Celtic ancestry especially suffer from blushing or redness of the face, or even erythema and telangiectasia. Environmental factors like UV radiation and temperature fluctuations can act as triggers; they irritate the skin and set off a cascade of events that ultimately damage blood vessels and skin structures.

DSM Nutritional Products has signed the investment contract with the Changchun Economic & Technology Development Zone to set up DSM's forth feed premix plant in China and establish the DSM Vitamins (Changchun) Limited.

DSM Nutritional Products South Africa (Pty) Ltd is one of the largest suppliers of vitamins to the animal nutrition industry in sub-Saharan Africa and has been active in the blending and distribution of animal feed premixes in this region for the past ten years.

DSM Nutritional Products has launched an innovative addition to its eubiotics portfolio:
CRINA® Poultry Plus, a new digestive stimulant / flavoring for supplementing broiler feeds.

DSM Nutritional Products is pleased to confirm that redivivo® Lycopene has been cleared for marketing in the EU following approval by the European Commission Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH).

Global reports of contaminations have increased governmental and consumer awareness of the importance of feed and food safety issues. The feed industry is equally affected: recently a dioxin-tainted natural pigment imported from Spain for use in animal feed was discovered in the Netherlands and France, leading to the withdrawal of the product from the market.

DSM is pleased to announce that its unique blood pressure management ingredient, tensVida™(¹) (formerly known as TensGuard™(ª)), won the NutrAward for the most innovative, evidence-based health and nutrition ingredient.  Selected by a panel of industry experts, scientists and nutritionists, plus votes from Nutracon attendees, tensVida saw off tough competition from two other finalists to claim this prestigious award. The decision makes tensVida the first ingredient to win industry awards in both the US and Europe.

Recent scientific studies have indicated that low doses of Resveratrol, a natural constituent of red wine, may have significant heart health benefits.

DSM Nutritional Products has launched a new website which provides a comprehensive overview of its innovative CRINA® portfolio of flavorings / digestive stimulants for livestock production. Accessible at www.crina.com, the new website provides an introduction to CRINA® and to DSM itself, and showcases DSM’s full range of Eubiotic products.